1. ضَريح بِنتي جَعَلتُ بَيتي

    وَقُلتُ لَيتي أَموتُ لَيتي

    I made my daughter's tomb my home.

    And said, "If only I could die—if only!"

  2. قدومُ حَيٍّ يَغيبُ يُرجَى

    وَلَيسَ يُرجى قُدومُ مَيتِ

    An absent living person's return is hoped for,

    but a dead person's return is not hoped for.

  3. يا عَينُ ابكي دَماً عَلَيها

    فَلَيسَ يَجري دَمعٌ بَكَيتِ

    O eye, weep blood for her,

    for no tear you have shed flows.

  4. يا لَيلَةَ البَينِ مِن نُضارٍ

    صَدَّعتِ قَلبي بِما جَنَيتِ

    O night of parting from Nudar,

    you shattered my heart with what you wrought.

  5. يا تُربَةً قَد حَوَت نُضاراً

    طِبتِ شَذاً بِالَّذي حَوَيتِ

    O earth that has enclosed Nudar,

    you grew sweetly fragrant through what you held.

  6. وَعَيتِ عَقلاً وَبَحرَ عِلمٍ

    وسُؤدداً بِالَّتي وَعَيتِ

    You held an intellect and an ocean of knowledge,

    and nobility, through her whom you held.

  7. أَمَضَّني الحُزنُ يا نضارٌ

    وَصِرتُ مُضنىً لَمّا مَضَيتِ

    Grief has tormented me, O Nudar,

    and I became worn out when you departed.

  8. أَصبَحتُ فَرداً فَلَيتَ أَنِّي

    قَضَيتُ نَحباً لَمّا قَضَيتِ

    I have become alone; if only I

    had died when you died.

  9. سَعَيتِ لِلعلمِ باجتهادٍ

    وَلَم تُمتَّعي بِما وَعَيتِ

    You strove for knowledge with diligence,

    yet were not granted enjoyment of what you learned.

  10. سَرَت إِلى عالمٍ عَلِيٍّ

    روحُكِ يا بُعد ما سَرَيتِ

    To a lofty realm journeyed by night

    your soul—oh, how far you journeyed!

  11. إِلى سَماءِ الَّذي تَسامَت

    حَتّى رَأَيتِ الَّذي رَأَيتِ

    To the heaven of the One it rose aloft,

    until you saw what you saw.

  12. الروحُ مِنكِ اِستحالَ طَيراً

    لَمّا تَشَكّى الظَما سَقَيتِ

    Your soul turned into a bird;

    when it complained of thirst, you gave it drink.

  13. وَآخِرُ النُطقِ كانَ مِنكِ الت

    تَشَهُّدُ اللذ بِهِ رَبَيتِ

    And your last utterance was the

    testimony of faith with which you grew up.

  14. وَقَدَّسَ اللَه مِنكِ روحاً

    نالَت مِن الخُلدِ ما اشتَهَيتِ

    And God sanctified your soul,

    which attained in eternal life what you desired.

  15. وَإِنَّ بَيتاً أَضحى مَحَلاً

    لِخَيرِ بِنتٍ لَخَيرُ بَيتِ

    And indeed, a house that has become an abode

    for the best of daughters is surely the best of houses.